NBC's Richard Engel, Crew Freed After Kidnapping

12/18/2012 9:48AM

An NBC news crew including Richard Engel, the network's chief foreign correspondent, was freed on Monday after five days of captivity in Syria by an unknown group, the news organization said in a statement. WSJ's Nour Mala reports. Photo: AP Images.

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